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No. 470,997. Patented Mar. 15, 1892.

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HARRY P. FAIROHILD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED KEY-RING AND PENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,997, dated March15, 1892. Application filed February 12, 1892. Serial No. 421,302. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY P. FAIRCHILD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin a Combined Key-Ringand Pencil, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of implements designed to becarried in the pocket for frequent use; and the invention consists of acombined key-ring and pencil, and which may also be made to serve as apass-key, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as it appears when closed,and Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the pencilpoint extended and thekey-ring opened.

The object of my invention is to produce a pocket implement which shallserve the purposes of a key-ring, a pencil, and also a pass or door key,the same constituting a new article of manufacture.

To construct such an implement, I make a pencil-case composed of the twotubes A and B, arranged to slide one within the other, the outer tube Abeing provided at its lower end with a key-bit Z), as shown. \Vithinthis case I arrange a pencil-pointp; with what is termed a magicmovement fol-protruding and withdrawing the same, and which movement,being well known to the trade, need not be specially described. To theupper end of the case I secure rigidly a key-ring D, which has ahinge-joint e at any suitable point, so that one arm or section of thering can be swung outward to open the ring, as shown in Fig. 2. Thishinged arm 0 is provided at its free end with a projection 11, of such aform that when the ring is closed it will fit snugly against the neck ofthe stationary part, the two parts when thus brought together forming acylindrical body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. On the lower part of thiscylindrical stem a screwthread is cut, and on the upper end of the partB of the case is slipped aring C, (before the stem of the ring issoldered fast to the case,) this ring beingprovided with an internalscrew-thread by which it is made to engage with the projection n whenthe ring is closed, and thus lock it fast. WVhen it is desired to openit to add or remove a key, it is only necessary to screw down the ringG, as

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shown in Fig. 2, when the hinged section 0 can be opened, as shown inFig. 1.

If the implement is to be used as akey, the mechanism that operates thepencil-point must be arranged to draw the point some distance within thecase, in order that it shall not prevent the entrance of the center pinof the look from entering the lower end of the case when the key isthrust into the look.

It is obvious that instead of making the case of two tubes, as hereshown, (and which is only necessary when the magic movement is used,) itmay be made of a single tube and the pencil-point be shoved in and outby the ordinary screw movement or by a thumbpiece protruding through aslot in the side of the case, both of these being old and wellknownplans for moving the pencil-point in plement as a door-key, this latterplan would be preferred, as by making a long slot in the side of thecase or key-stem the pencil-point could be shoved farther up in thecase. In most cases, however, the device will not be used as a door-key,in which case the magic movement will be preferable, the bit bin suchcase only serving to give the device, when closed, the appearance of anordinary key.

By thus constructing the article it is made to serve not only as akey-ring but also as a pencil, and, when desired, as a key also.

It often happens that a person has occasion WVhere it is desired to usethe im-- to make a memorandumof the number of a house or of other thingor transaction and has no pencil present; but, as nearly every mancarries a bunch of keys, the use of this device will insure his alwaysbeing provided with a pencil.

I do not claim the jointed key-ring and screw-ring for fastening thesame by itself nor the pencil mechanism; but

\Vhat I do claim is- The new article of manufacture herein described,consisting of a pencil-case made in the form of a key, withapencil-point mounted therein and havin a jointed key-ring secured toits upper end, as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. HARRY P. FAIRCHILD. WVitnesses:

L. FRED HURD, HENRY BARR.

